- Pierre Seghers
Pierre Seghers (
5 January 1906 ,Paris -4 November 1987 ,Créteil ) was a Frenchpoet andeditor . During theSecond World War he took part in theFrench Resistance movement.He founded, among other things, the famous line of books "Poètes d’aujourd’hui" ("Contemporary poets") in 1944, which published 270 books of poets both famous and unknown (such as an anthology of modern accursed poets in 1972, "").
Among the prizes and orders he received, he was made a chevalier of the
Légion d'honneur .He is buried at the
Montparnasse Cemetery .Bibliography
Poetry
*"Bonne-Espérance", Éditions de la Tour, 1939
*"Pour les quatre saisons", Poésie 42
*"Le chien de pique", Ides et Calendes, 1943
*"Le domaine public" Poésie 45 et Pariseau Montréal
*"Jeune fille", Éditions Seghers, 1947
*"Menaces de mort", La presse à bras, 1948
*"Six poèmes pour Véronique", Poésie 50
*"Poèmes choisis", Éditions Seghers, 1952
*"Le Cœur-Volant", Les Écrivains réunis, 1954
*"Racines", Interc. du Livre, 1956
*"Les pierres", Interc. du Livre, 1956
*"Chansons et complaintes", Tome I, Éditions Seghers, 1959
*"Chansons et complaintes", Tome II, Éditions Seghers, 1961
*"Piranèse", Éditions Ides et Calendes, 1961
*"Chansons et complaintes", Tome III, Éditions Seghers, 1964
*"Dialogue", 1965
*"Dis-moi, Ma vie", 1973
*"Le Temps des merveilles", Éditions Seghers, 1978Prose
*"Richaud du Combat", Stols, 1944
*"L'Homme du commun",Poèsie 44
*"Considérations, ou Histoires sous la langue", Collection des 150External links
* [http://www.laffont.fr/seghers/ Publishing house homepage]
* [http://www.imec-archives.com/fonds/fiche.php?ind=SGH Biography of Seghers, in French]
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